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35.Dd November 1, 2009
36.Dt MKESDB 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm mkesdb
40.Nd generates conversion catalog for
41.Xr iconv 3
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl md
45.Fl o
46.Ar outfile
47.Ar infile
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51utility generates conversion catalog for the
52.Xr iconv 3
53library.
54The generated data includes a list of supported encodings
55and their most important characteristics, like the pluggable
56module to use
57.Pp
58The following options are available:
59.Bl -tag -width 0123
60.It Fl d
61Turns on debug mode.
62.It Fl m
63Process directory catalog or alias file.
64If not specified, the input file is treated as an encoding description.
65.It Fl o Ar outfile
66Put generated binary data to
67.Ar outfile .
68.El
69.Sh EXIT STATUS
70.Ex -std mkesdb
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr iconv 1 ,
73.Xr mkcsmapper 1 ,
74.Xr iconv 3
75.Sh HISTORY
76.Nm
77first appeared in
78.Nx 2.0 , and made its appearance in
79.Fx 9.0 .
80.Sh AUTHORS
81This manual page was written by
82.An Gabor Kovesdan Aq Mt gabor@FreeBSD.org .
83